Digimon {Digital Monsters}
The Darkness before the Dawn of Wisdom
Bitter Disappointments

I don't own Digimon, got it? Good.

Author's Note; sorry I took so long to update but here's the next chapter as promised, it's hard to write or come up with any ideas when you're sick and are worried about deadlines. shakes head anyway on with the fic!

Gatomon sat down; her back resting against a tree trunk, watching Kari and Izzy lazily. It had been a long time since the digidestined had had any rest from battling the dark forces.

"Those two sure look happy to finally get some rest." She mused, a smirk playing on her face. Gatomon sighed contentedly.

"I wonder... Kari never told me about any guys that she's interested in at the moment." She thought, looking over to her human partner. A sudden chill went up the cat's spine and the fur on the back of her neck stood on end. Gatomon cast a worried look around the riverbank. Kari and Izzy suddenly stopped their little competition as they too looked around the scene warily.

"Gatomon," Kari called, "Do you sense something?" she asked in a worried voice. Gatomon nodded,

"Yeah I do... I think it's something that might want to attack the village."

"If that's the case, we should go and warn the others." Izzy suggested; his dark eyes flashing a little as he looked at the river. Kari nodded,

"We should warn Marineangemon too, it's his village that's in danger." She suggested. Izzy gave a curt nod. He gave Kari a questioning look as her eyes widened in horror. Izzy blinked as he turned to look behind him. Metalcyclonemon reared his metallic head as he roared,

"Kari, Izzy, go back to the village! I can hold this guy off till you get the others here!" Gatomon yelled over the noise. Kari didn't hesitate and grabbed Izzy's wrist as she ran back to the village. Gatomon was covered in a bright white light as she digivolved,

"Gatomon digivolve to... ... Angewomon! Celestial Arrow!" the angel cried as the bright white arrow of light left the equally bright bow. The arrow found its mark and Metalcyclonemon screamed in fury.

"Metal Heat Wave!"

Kari dragged Izzy to the centre of the village, towards Marineangemon's hut. The pink angel Digimon looked up in mild surprise,

"Kari, Izzy... what are you two doing here?" he asked, confused. Kari panted for breath, while Izzy took in his surroundings.

"We... got attacked... by... a strange... water Digimon. We think it might want to destroy your village." Kari gasped as her breathing slowed. Marineangemon's sea green eyes widened with horror,

"What level would you say it was?" he asked, clearly wanting to protect the Bukamon to the best of his ability. Izzy turned to him,

"I'd say it was at least an ultimate, but most likely Mega." He said, his brow furrowed with concern, "Angewomon's trying to hold him off..." Marineangemon blinked,

"But she's only an ultimate level... she could get seriously hurt."

"Angewomon is a tough Digimon Marineangemon... I'm sure she'll manage to hold that... thing off for a while yet." Kari responded calmly. A crash was heard from the river. Izzy turned to look out of the window,

"Or then again... maybe not." He said in a saddened voice. Kari rushed to his side to see Metalcyclonemon crashing through the trees towards the village. Angewomon was nowhere in sight. Kari gasped in fright. Izzy grabbed a hold of her hand and took her to the others. Kari looked back at Marineangemon, who nodded,

"You should go and get the other digidestined, I may require some help." Kari stood her ground for a couple more minutes, until Izzy tugged her hard enough to drag her to the hut where the others were still sitting.

"Hey, what's going on out there?" Davis asked, bewildered as Izzy barged in through the door, Kari in tow.

"There's a rather mad Mega level water Digimon attacking the village... Don't ask me what for though." Izzy explained. Tai looked down at Izzy's hand, which was still holding Kari's. He gave Izzy a disapproving look. It didn't go unnoticed by neither Izzy nor T.K and Davis. Izzy quickly let go of Kari's hand, a blush creeping up his cheeks. Yolei and Mimi gave Kari one of those 'what were you really doing earlier?' looks. Kari and Izzy had no time to explain because at that moment Metalcyclonemon decided to crash into the hut the digidestined were staying in.

"KAHUNA WAVES!" came a cry from directly behind the viral water Digimon. Marineangemon floated in mid air, a very mad look upon his face. Tai turned to the others,

"Well, I reckon the little guy needs a little help. What do you say guys?" Tai asked, his eyes lighting up with a smile. The others cheered, but Kari looked to the river,

"Where are you Angewomon?" she asked no one in particular. Izzy heard Kari's question,

"I'm sure Angewomon's all right Kari... tell you what Megakabuterimon and myself will go looking for her while that Digimon is kept busy with the others ok?" Izzy reassured her. Kari gladly nodded,

"Thanks Izzy I'd appreciate that." Izzy turned to his partner,

"You ready Tentomon?" he asked, the bug like Digimon nodded as the usual bright light of digivolution engulfed him,

"Tentomon digivolve to... Kabuterimon!"

"Kabuterimon digivolve to..." Izzy's digivice whined then went dead. The broken Crest of Knowledge kept glowing, but much paler than before. It was almost lilac. Izzy bit his bottom lip,

"Should've know that wouldn't work." He muttered more to himself than anyone else. Izzy kept the tears back as he mounted Kabuterimon, just behind the head. Kari frowned lightly at Izzy's disappointed expression; she had expected a more emotional response, especially for something like this.

"Come on Kabuterimon. We'd better find Angewomon before the others notice we're gone." Kabuterimon took off, heading in the direction of the river. Unfortunately for them both, Metalcyclonemon, who had spotted them, attacked them.

"Metal Heat Wave!" Kabuterimon was knocked to the ground; Izzy rolled off him, groaning slightly. Metalcyclonemon advanced on the vulnerable digidestined and Digimon. Izzy's eyes widened with fear as the Water Digimon prepared his attack.

"Metal Heat Wave!" Time seemed to slow down for Izzy as the attack sailed towards him. He could hear the worried cries of his friends, but they seemed so far away and distant. Izzy gasped as Kabuterimon suddenly landed in front of him, blocking the attack. The attack hit Kabuterimon full force and caused the giant bug Digimon to fly into a tree several metres away. Slowly Kabuterimon dissolved pixel by pixel, into data. Time sped up again, as Izzy rushed to his partner's side, tears streaming down his face from his dark eyes. T.K looked at the scene with sympathy; he knew how Izzy felt, it was hard to lose someone that close to you.

"At least he'll get reconfigured nearby." T.K sighed to himself, shaking his head. He was about to turn his attention to Angemon when; Metalcyclonemon sent another attack in Izzy's direction.

"Metallic Sparks!" T.K gasped as the attack hit the golden data stream, leaving Izzy unharmed. The data disappeared into oblivion. Izzy swayed on the spot before hitting the ground with a thud, his face pale and clammy looking. T.K looked at his partner, whose face was contorted with anger. The other Digimon were acting in the same way. Just then a cry was heard from the direction of the river,

"Celestial Arrow!" Angewomon's attack hit Metalcyclonemon's metallic hide hard and shattered a piece into data. Kari looked up joyfully to see her partner bathed in a soft pink light. The female angel smiled at Kari before turning to Angemon,

"I saw what happened... How could any Digimon do that?" she asked bitterly. Angemon shook his head,

"I don't know," he replied, "But he must be stopped before he causes any more damage." The angels nodded as they digivolved again,

"Angewomon digivolve to... ... ... Magnadramon!"

"Angemon warp digivolve to... ... ... Seraphimon!" The pink Dragon and the blue armoured archangel floated side by side, Marineangemon joined them. All three angels glowed with a golden light as they released their most powerful attacks at Metalcyclonemon,

"OCEAN LOVE!"

"HEAVEN'S ACCENSION!"

"APOCALYPSE!" the three attacks converged on each other and exploded on impacting Metalcyclonemon's metal armour. The viral Digimon was deleted immediately. The digidestined looked up at the three Mega Digimon with awe as Magnadramon and Seraphimon de-digivolved into Salamon and Tokomon respectively. Kari and T.K picked their exhausted partners up and hugged them. Tai looked at Marineangemon with confusion,

"How did it take three of you, we usually only need one Mega with the rest as Ultimates to defeat a single mega like that." Marineangemon shook his head,

"He was too powerful... besides I never thought that any Digimon would be mad enough to obliterate a destined Digimon like that. Metalcyclonemon was mad... he had to be stopped."

To be continued...

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